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Running head: ISSUES IN QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

ISSUES IN QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH Steven Clark Bradley Northcentral University

ISSUES IN QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH Issues in Qualitative and Quantitative Research

The task of writing ones dissertation is not to plead ones case or to influence public opinion but to reveal the body of knowledge that exists, from all points of view, concerning a precise topic. With the intent of letting truth and previous research and findings serve as understanding that may confirm or contradict ones own estimation, it appears certain that my dissertation sensibly should be written following a quantitative writing method, which is free of Informal language, colloquialism and jargon. In this paper, I have chosen a previous writing sample titled America, Who we are, Where we are from, Where we are Headed that reveals how I have, in the past, erroneously allowed the qualitative form to dominate my writing. I will identify where I have used Informal language and endeavored to petition for agreement rather than letting research expose truth. I will seek to repair several sentences by rewriting them in academic writing style. Correction of Informal Language in Qualitative Writing Style In this chosen section of my paper titled America, Who we are, Where we are from, Where
we are Headed, I will endeavor to rectify an inaccuracy related to using informal language in

qualitative writing style. Though at the time I wrote this paper I did not recognized my error, as I do now, my original intent was to specify possible dangers that current national policy would logically cause. In my effort to accentuate the information I was presenting, I devolved into informal language that detracted from academic writing. I will correct two sentences from this passage and seek to appropriately rewrite them in formal scholarly form that is free of informal language.

ISSUES IN QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH Example One Incorrect Sentence

The governments gluttonous appetite for spending ungodly amounts of money has placed the nation in grave danger and could render the nation dead in its tracks faster than any war ever could. Corrected Sentence Historically, a governments penchant for accruing huge deficits jeopardizes a nations continued existence more than any international or domestic conflict it may encounter. Example Two Incorrect Sentence Obviously, the nation has become lazy and blind to its desire to get something for nothing. Corrected Sentence The loss of a nations pursuit of self-determination and self-government inevitably increases its reliance upon government subvention. Correction of Seeking Approval or Agreement in Qualitative Style As a novelist, it has been my trade to write in such a way that persuades and that seeks to get my audience to agree with me or to sympathetically disagree with me. I have also contributed profoundly in the skill of editorial writing. Accordingly, before commencing my doctoral course at NCU, it was my intention to write in a qualitative manner that purposefully sought to sway public opinion toward my point of view. I do not regard that fact as a liability in my career, since editorializing is the skill of highlighting ones view in a way that makes it stand out above opposing opinions. This form of writing is a very correct expertise in many professional circles, but it does not yield itself at all to academic writing that seeks to reveal unbiased reality rather

ISSUES IN QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

than preconceived opinions. Now that the form of writing involved in the program I am pursuing is scholarly in nature, I can see that I have often easily fallen into this inaccuracy and sought to convince rather than letting research and the previous works of others speak the truth without prejudice. Example One Incorrect Sentence Would you not agree that because of our nations acceptance of immoral practices of abortion and the creeping menace of gay marriage, it is clear we have suffered the loss of our religious heritage? Corrected Sentence Though free societies are commonly distinguished by diversity in thought and practice, the implementation of standards previously thought objectionable may fundamentally alter a nations ethical character. Example Two We have plunged the greatest nation on earth onto the road to poverty and government tyranny by choosing a false sense of security through the passage of unconstitutional laws. Incorrect Sentence Such breaches with the prescriptions of the supreme law of the land such as the patriot act and other national emergency acts make it now not only easy to foresee grave threats to liberty in America but even highly likely that the nations freedom will be lost unless we, as a nation, return to the constitution. Corrected Sentence Edicts enacted to shield a nation from threats to national security are often naturally irreconcilable with the preservation of liberty enshrined in the constitution.

ISSUES IN QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH Conclusion

The original intent of the paper I have used to pinpoint my errors for correction was not to persuade and should have included a lot more scholarly language than it employed. My reaction in reading it now, after having studied for several weeks at NCU, was one of sincere astonishment with the extreme language I initially imposed upon my readers. This demonstrated to me that I have come a long way in understanding the difference and uniqueness of academic writing opposed to persuasive and opinionated editorializing. I can genuinely see that my thinking and style are shifting towards a much more professional and scholarly voice than I have ever used in the past. I regard that as a major positive adaptation in my capacity to make points that do not strive to influence readers to agree or disagree but rather allow them to consider accurately researched and openly presented information from various sources and to draw their own unbiased conclusions.

ISSUES IN QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH References

Bradley. (2012, September 07). Re: America, Who we are, Where we are from, Where we are Headed [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://stevenclarkbradleyspatriotacts.blogspot.com/2012/05/america-who-we-are-wherewere-from.html